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Compound Names for Girls

There are 14 Compound names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Compound names 1 to 14. Within these names, Emma (English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, and Italian) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Ava (German and English), Ella (English, Scandinavian, and Italian), Brenda (English and Irish), Rose (English and French), Rosa (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Ada (English, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, and Hebrew), and Raina (Slavic, Czech, English, German, Polish, and Russian). The unusual Compound names are Ebba (German and English), Elma (Italian and English), Runa (German), Sunna (German), Tomma (Frisian and German), and Traute (German).

Compound names are popular as baby girl names, and they are also regarded as trendy. In 1900, 3.251% of baby girls were given Compound names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 8 Compound names. The names have substantially slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 2.339% with 8 Compound names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Compound names, Emma (English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, and Italian) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 0.9043%.

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Ada Popularity Trend of Ada
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 598 598 noble, honorable; of ... of various Germanic compound names starting with ...

Ava Popularity Trend of Ava
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 5 5 strength; desired; alive; bird; voice, song, sound; the juniper tree ...

Brenda Popularity Trend of Brenda
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 342 342 sword, torch ... a short form of various compound names with the element ...

Ebba Popularity Trend of Ebba
from 1900 to 2008. boar; boar-like in battle; fence, enclosure, protection; alive; wealth, blessed; protection, fortress, castle; boar; fence, enclosure, protection; the juniper tree ...

Ella Popularity Trend of Ella
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 19 19 little cinders; entire; ... a diminutive of various compound names with the Germanic ...

Elma Popularity Trend of Elma
from 1900 to 2008. nobly famous; will, ... have developed as a compound of Elizabeth and Mary, ...

Emma Popularity Trend of Emma
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 1 1 whole, immense, universal; ... as a short form of compound names such as ...

Raina Popularity Trend of Raina
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 921 921 counsel, advice; queen; ... as a short form of compound names with the first ...

Rosa Popularity Trend of Rosa
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 457 457 dew; rose ... to produce many other compound names such as Rosabel, ...

Rose Popularity Trend of Rose
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 344 344 rose; horse; fame ... as a short form of compound Germanic names, ...

Runa secret lore ... a short form of various compound names with the element ...

Sunna sun ... short form of Germanic compound names with the first ...

Tomma as a short form of compound names starting with ...

Traute as a short form of compound names ending with the ...


Popularity Trend
for Compound Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Compound Names
in 2006